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- balloon [bə 'luːn] [bə 'luːn]
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noun
气球，热气球，玩具气球
- Tomorrow I want to go to the balloon festival, do you want to come with me?
- 明天我想去参加热气球节，你要和我一起去吗？
- The room was full of balloons and flowers, it was so nice.
- 屋子里到处都是气球和鲜花，美极了。
- Children are attracted to colored and weird shaped balloons.
- 孩子们被五颜六色和奇形怪状的气球吸引了。
- 1783 was the year people first flew in an hot-air balloon.
- 1783年，人类第一次乘坐热气球飞行。
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2.
noun
漫画中圈出人物对话所画的线条
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3.
vt.
使膨胀，使充气
- 4. vi. 乘气球
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5.
vi.
膨胀
- After two months in Italy, I ballooned up, everything there is so delicious.
- 在意大利待了两个月之后，我就胖得不行了，因为那儿所有的东西都太好吃了。
- During the pregnancy, it's normal to gain weight, but I literally ballooned up.
- 怀孕时体重增加是正常的，但是我胖得也太快了。
- Jenny, what I told you is a secret, please don't tell anybody or it would balloon into a huge scandal.
- 詹妮，我刚才告诉你的是秘密，千万别告诉别人，不然演化成丑闻的话就糟糕了。
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adjective
气球状的，圆而软的
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1.
noun
气球，热气球，玩具气球
Collins English-English Dictionary
- balloon [bə'luːn]
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n
an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration
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2.
n
a large impermeable bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere. It may have a basket or gondola for carrying passengers, etc - See also barrage balloon hot-air balloon
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3.
n
a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon
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4.
n
[Brit]
a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- a balloon shot
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6.
n
[chem]
a round-bottomed flask
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7.
n
a large rounded brandy glass
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8.
n
[commerce]
a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment
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9.
n
(as modifier)
- a balloon loan
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10.
n
[surgery]
an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal
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11.
n
(as modifier)
- balloon angioplasty
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12.
vi.
[intr]
to go up or fly in a balloon
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13.
vi.
[intr]
to increase or expand significantly and rapidly
- losses ballooned to £278 million
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14.
vi.
to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell
- the wind ballooned the sails
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15.
vt.
[tr]
[Brit]
to propel (a ball) high into the air
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16.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16 (in the sense: ball, ball game): from Italian dialect ballone, from balla, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German balla
ball 1
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1.
n
an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration
Examples
- The balloon went "pop".
- 气球砰的一声破了。 → go
- a navigable balloon
- 可驾驶的气球 → navigable
- Tomorrow I want to go to the balloon festival, do you want to come with me?
- 明天我想去参加热气球节，你要和我一起去吗？ → balloon
- 1783 was the year people first flew in an hot-air balloon.
- 1783年，人类第一次乘坐热气球飞行。 → balloon
- According to the weather balloon data, a big storm will reach the East coast next Monday.
- 根据气象气球收集的数据，下周一东海岸将有一场暴风雨。
- Jenny, what I told you is a secret, please don't tell anybody or it would balloon into a huge scandal.
- 詹妮，我刚才告诉你的是秘密，千万别告诉别人，不然演化成丑闻的话就糟糕了。 → balloon
- Such things balloon too quickly, it's not your fault.
- 这种事的事态本来就发展很快，不是你的错。
- a balloon shot → balloon
- a balloon loan → balloon
- balloon angioplasty → balloon
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